Kaskaskia: second smallest incorporated town in Illinois

Small Town, USA

Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune

The entire town of Kaskaskia (with one woman standing in for the mayor, who was at his second-shift job), poses with the Immaculate Conception Church. The historic church as a hand-carved walnut altar from 1736.

The entire town of Kaskaskia (with one woman standing in for the mayor, who was at his second-shift job), poses with the Immaculate Conception Church. The historic church as a hand-carved walnut altar from 1736. (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune)